Touch to Feel Me

Abstract

Human beings can use thermal sensation to interpret human emotions. Hence, it is possible to study and analyze the use of thermal sensation as a medium to transmit emotions from a robot to a human. However, there are no previous studies investigating the correlation between the robot's body temperature and its emotion, and its effect on the human's perception. Therefore, in this study, we propose the design of a robot that uses its body temperature to communicate its emotional state.